The 28th anniversary of Patriarchal enthronement of His Holiness
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, the Patriarch of Antioch & all the East,
Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church was held at
Damascus, Syria on 14 September 2008.The thanksgiving Holy Qurbono
and other services were held at the St. Peter & St. Paul Cathedral
in the Mor Ephrem Monastery, Ma`arat Sayyidnaya, near Damascus. Mor
Severios Malke Mourad (Patriarchal-Vicar for Jerusalem & Jordan) and
Mor Julius Abdulahad G Shabo (Archbishop of Sweden)were the chief
celebrants and

Moran reserved his time exclusively for meeting of priests and
believers a group of 90 who came from India to attend the
celebrations. Guests took
part in the banquet hosted by Moran in one of the big hotels in Ma`arat Saydnaya. From 19.00 hrs onwards the concert by the
different choirs of the Syrian Orthodox parishes all over the world
reasserted the beauty of our church music.